diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
index a2159a9fc79..cc950d4e4ed 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/cloud.go
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ type Clusters interface {
 	Master(ctx context.Context, clusterName string) (string, error)
 }
 
-// TODO(#6812): Use a shorter name that's less likely to be longer than cloud
-// providers' name length limits.
+// DefaultLoadBalancerName is for getting the load balancer name. It should eventually be removed
+// because there is an interface method, LoadBalancer.GetLoadBalancerName, which can be implemented
+// per provider and this neutral implementation won't fit every cloud provider's requirements.
 func DefaultLoadBalancerName(service *v1.Service) string {
 	//GCE requires that the name of a load balancer starts with a lower case letter.
 	ret := "a" + string(service.UID)